# Amputations at ERMC AVIATION LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020010906` · 1/28/2020 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** ERMC AVIATION LLC
- **Location:** 1000 Turnage Blvd, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33406
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance/greasing a chain on a conveyor system when his right index finger was caught between the chain and sprocket, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*